Quotes from Demaryius Thomas

I'm a hard worker on and off the field.

I heard all the time I had the potential, just had to work hard. I listened and started working hard.

I hear it all the time, people always on my back about quitting or not doing stuff. Then first time in the Superdome, lights are real bright, whenever I got a chance, I made a play.

I think that's when a good receiver becomes a great receiver. If you know what's going on with the defense, you play faster. If you don't know what's going on, your timing will be off and you're not going to make plays.

Since I have been in the league, playing against the Chargers is a big deal, and has always been a tough one.

There's no dollar signs involved when I'm playing football.

I'm one of those guys, you be silent and get the guys on your side of the ball working.

I was a mamma's boy. She had me at 15, so we were close enough in age where we could play basketball against each other. We used to play one-on-one and race in the yard all the time.

We'd get $3.50 a bushel. A bushel is a lot of peas. You know how many peas you have to pick to fill a bushel? We would work from 6 to 2, then I'd have to go home and cut the yard.

I kind of want to break the NFL record in yards.

My thing is yards after catch. I can say it's one the favorite things to do on the football field.

I want to lead the league in yards, touchdowns, basically about everything a receiver can do.

I never want to go to jail. Never, ever.

If you're still playing in January and February, it seems like every good football team has some kind of running game.

The first person I really saw dominate a game was Jerry Rice. And Michael Irvin.

I watched video of Calvin Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald and Brandon Marshall, big guys who do it well. I wanted to try to be better than them.

I've had to learn about my body and I've had to figure out things that will work for me - I had to change my diet and, having been injured, I've been in the treatment room and learning from those guys and people outside of the treatment room.

Smoke screens are my favorite thing to do. After that catch, I feel, is my thing.

For me, the key to using the stiff-arm is when you feel a defender is closing on you and at the last second he is about to reach you, I just stick my arm out there. I don't know how good it is. I just do it and I gain separation every time.

I watched some games I played, and there were some where I took a play or two off and missed a couple of blocks. If I have to take a play off, I should get out.

I had multiple high school coaches who looked out for me. Multiple college coaches. Deacons. Pastors. Aunties. Uncles. Friends.

I will have a defensive back on my side, and Peyton will place it in the perfect spot. It's something I had never seen before. Never. They say I have good corners covering me. But it's hard for them with Peyton.

The main thing is just doing my job the best I can to help my squad out. That's my main goal.

All I care about is winning. So when I can't make the play, the reason I'm upset is I'm not helping the team win.